June 21, 2026
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Fire on 5th Street:

The Santa Monica Fire Department responds to approximately 11,000 calls over the course of a year, according to SMFD Cpt. Scott Ziegert. Tuesday night, August 22, the Department responded to a 7:43pm call on a […]

Santa Monica Means Business:

The new HBO Santa Monica Headquarters Audiovisual Systems project was honored by the Los Angeles County Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association with an Electrical Excellence Award as winner in the Electronic Systems (over […]

Lincoln Place Tenants Denied Relief:

The Los Angeles Superior Court denied the application of the Lincoln Place Tenants Association to enjoin eviction of the approximately 40 tenants remaining in the 38-acre Venice apartment complex at a court hearing on August […]

School Board Initiates Bond Measure Outreach Effort:

Members of the School Board unanimously approved hiring a campaign strategist, Catharine Lew of the Lew Edwards Group, to assist the District in a non-partisan public information outreach effort for the District’s $268 million facilities […]

Tour de Route 66:

Buddy Boren arrived in Santa Monica this week, ending his Route 66 bicycle ride at the Santa Monica Pier. This was the fifth cross-country trip for 63-year-old Boren, a cancer survivor, whose 2,500-mile ride from […]

City Challenges Trailer Park Closure Notices:

The residents of Village Trailer Park at 2930 Colorado Blvd. last month received a Notice of Closure stating that the mobilehome park “will close on July 31, 2007” and that all tenants must vacate before […]

Protect Your Daughter From Cervical Cancer:

One of my patients called today. She had cervical cancer at age 27. I did her hysterectomy 19 years ago, and fortunately she’s a survivor. I also delivered her baby the year before her cancer […]

Chief Butts Bye-Bye Barbecue:

Santa Monica Chief of Police James T. Butts, Jr. made Tuesday, August 22, his last day in office before moving on to become Deputy Executive Director of Law Enforcement & Protection Services for Los Angeles […]

Newspaper Theft Outlawed:

A bill that would expressly make it a crime to steal multiple copies of freely distributed newspapers passed through the State Legislature without a dissenting vote on August 14 and now goes to the governor […]